Definition: Refers to the physical state addicts are in when withdrawing from drugaddition, especially heroin. Their blood is directed to the internal organs, leavingtheir skin white and goose bumpy like a Thanksgiving bird ready to go in the oven.Mmmmm, junkie turkey.

Origin: The first usage of this phrase is unknown, but it has as many applications asthere are things to be addicted to.

Use it in a sentence: After coming down with a strange illness that turned hiseye-whites blue, Ozzy had to go cold turkey from biting the heads off live bats orany other animals.

"Going Dutch"

Definition: To evenly split the cost of a group expense, like a meal.

Origin: The origin of the phrase is unknown, but there is one explanation. In the17th century, the Dutch were hated commercial rivals of the British, and have been averbal target for them since. Anyone who "went Dutch" may have been considered atightwad. Not surprisingly, the Dutch don't seem to love this phrase.

Use it in a sentence: The last girl I went out with called me a superior patriarchalmisogynist who didn't respect her independence just because I offered to pick up thetab. So last night I decided I'd play it safe and suggested to my date that we goDutch. She called me a cheap date!

"Put a sock in it"

Definition: A terse request to be quiet.

Origin: Since early gramophones had no volume control knobs, playing them at anythingless than 11 ("my amp goes up to 11") required putting a sock in the amplificationtrumpet.

Use it in a sentence:Girl: "Why are you hesitating? You don't like it, do you? You think it makes me lookfat, right? Oh, I knew this would happen. I should never have gotten an orangeleather..."Guy: "Ah, put a sock in it."

"Son of a gun"

Definition: a) As an interjection, it means "gee whiz" or "well I'll be darned." b) As a name to call someone, it's a euphemism for a phrase that's already prettytame: son of a _____.

Origin: According to the Phrase Finder (www.phrases.shu.ac.uk), the expressionoriginated on sailing ships, where some women would have sex with sailors between thecannons. The male progeny of such a dangerous liaison would then be called a son of agun. Nice pedigree.

Use it in a sentence: a) "Son of a gun, who stole my toupee?" b) "Bob, you old son of a gun. How's the prostate?"

"For all intents and purposes"

Definition: First of all, it ain't "for all intensive purposes." Think about it for aminute. What the heck could that possibly mean? For all uses that are short butreally demanding? Like, oh, I don't know, midget arm-wrestling? No, "for all intentsand purposes" means "realistically speaking; practically; in almost every way."

Origin: Although its origin is unknown, the phrase used to be "to all intents andpurposes," which is still sometimes heard.

Use it in a sentence: Bob tried so hard to please Patty that he had long ago passedthe "whipped" phase and was now, for all intents and purposes, her love slave.

"Big cheese"

Definition: The most important person; the boss.

Origin: The Urdu word for thing is chiz. The British likened its sound to the word"cheese" and, as cheese is so vital to the Brits that their pound currency wasactually pegged to the price of medium cheddar for almost two centuries, theymodified its meaning to "the main/best thing." The phrase crossed the Atlantic as"the big cheese" in about 1890.

Use it in a sentence: The way he acted, you could tell Bob thought he was the bigcheese of the joint. But really, with his faux chains, hedge-like chest hair andshiny zebra-striped shirt, he was just cheesy.

"Peeping Tom"

Definition: A peeping Tom is a voyeur.

Origin: It stems from an 11th century English legend in which Tom the tailorunlawfully peeps at Lady Godiva as she rides on horseback naked through Coventry. Asa result, he was struck blind. Doh!

Use it in a sentence: To mess with the minds of any would-be peeping Toms in the highrise across the street, every night Bob undressed in front of his window with all thelights on, then looked out into the night and gave a big wave before retiring.

"Beat around the bush"

Definition: This old phrase means, well, you know, sort of to, like, stall and stuff,or lie even, instead of, um -- hey look, that dog has a poofy tail! Sorry, it meansnot to get to the point or the truth.

Origin: It comes from hunting, where hunters would carefully beat around busheshoping to drive out their prey instead of just going in after it.

Use it in a sentence:Man #1: "Stop beating around the bush and ask the question already!"Man #2: "Okay, fine. Can I borrow your girlfriend for, like, an hour?"

A lone tourist who is passing through the suburbs on the way to town by car, unfortunately experiences mechanical problems with the automobile. The car stalls and the tourist parks the car by the side of the road and waits for help.

Not much later, a farmer happens to pass by with a truck full of farm animals. The farmer offers the tourist a lift to town and proceeds to explain that he is bringing his farm animals to the town market, where they will be auctioned off to the highest bidders.

Well, it so happens that on the way to the town, the farmer being so engrossed in his story, unintentionally wanders into the other side of road where another vehicle is approaching in the other direction.

The farmer realizes his absent mindness and attempts to avoid the possible collision with the other vehicle. He just misses the other car, but unfortunately crashes the truck into the side of the road. The tourist winds up thrown into a ditch and suffers broken ribs and a broken arm and leg and is obviously in extreme pain. The farm animals are all messed up very badly and the farmer, although remaining inside the vehicle, still suffers cuts and scrapes.

The farmer gets out of the truck and looks at his farm animals.

The chickens all have broken limbs and can barely move. "These chickens are all useless! Nobody will want to buy these chickens anymore!" bellows the farmer. With that, he grabs and loads his shotgun and blows away the chickens.

Next, he sees the pigs and they are all lame and bleeding profusely. "These pigs are all worthless now! I'll get nothing for them!" yells the farmer. With great rage, the farmer reloads his shotgun and blows away the pigs.

The farmer looks at the sheep and they all have broken limbs and their wool is all bloodied. "Worthless sheep!" screams the farmer and with that, he reloads his shotgun and blows away the sheep.

Meanwhile, the injured tourist witnesses all of this carnage in great horror.

The farmer then moves over to the side of the ditch and looks at the tourist. "Are you okay down there?" asked the farmer.

Juan was driving down a country lane in his pickup when suddenly a chicken darted into the road in front of him. He slammed on his brakes, but realized that the chicken was speeding off down the road at about 30 miles an hour. Intrigued, he tried to follow the bird with his truck, but he couldn't catch up to the accelerating chicken. Seeing it turn into a small farm, Juan followed it. To his astonishment, he realized that the chicken had three legs. Looking around the small farm, he noticed that ALL of thechickens had three legs.

The farmer came out of his house, and Juan said, "Three-legged chickens? That's astonishing!"

The farmer replied, "Yep. I bred 'em that way because I love drumsticks."

The farmer's son was returning from the market with the crate of chicken's his father had entrusted to him, when all of a sudden the box fell and broke open. Chickens scurried off in different directions, but the determined boy walked all over the neighborhood scooping up the wayward birds and returning them to the repaired crate. Hoping he had found them all, the boy reluctantly returned home, expecting the worst.

"Pa, the chickens got loose," the boy confessed sadly, "but I managed to find all twelve of them."

"Well, you did real good, son," the farmer beamed. "You left with seven."

These two country boys, brothers, were knocking around one lazy summer day and thought it would be a good prank to push over the outhouse. They crept up from an advantageous direction like a couple of commandos, pushed the outhouse over on one side and headed for the woods. They circled round and returned home an hour later from a completely different direction thus, trying to divert suspicion from themselves.

Upon returning, their father approached them with switch in hand and bellowed, "Did you two push the outhouse over this afternoon?"

The older boy replied, "As learned in school, I cannot tell a lie. Yes, Father, we pushed over the outhouse this afternoon."

At this revelation, the farmer proceeded to flail the two boys severely and sent them to bed without supper.

In the morning, the two boys meekly approached the breakfast table and took their seats. Everything was quiet until their father finally said, "Have you two learned your lesson?"

"Sure, Dad!" said the big brother, "But, in school we learned that George Washington admitted to HIS father that he'd chopped down a cherry tree and he was forgiven because he told the truth."

"Ah yes!' said the farmer, "BUT, George's DAD, wasn't in the cherry tree when he chopped it down!!!"

Good Morning Joe, Ana, Haroula and Cailyn. Joe enjoy your time off. Ana have a great day. Haroula hope you have a nice day and nice weather. Cailyn coffee is great - Wishing you a peaceful day. Happy Day wished for all!

Good morning everyone. Nan, prayers Sassy is better quickly. Trippy, prayers Skye, is back to normal quickly. Evelyn, I'm praying you can get back to feeling Happy again. Today brings a Target and grocery store trip. To all here and all who follow, have a Wonderful Tuesday. Danish, Omelets, Pancakes, and Biscuits with Sausage gravy in the NC. Biscuit bottoms for L4L.

I shut my misery into the wardrobe and so I feel better today. Ana told me it will get better from day to day and I always believe my SIH (sister-in-heart)

Nan: awwwww, prayers are heading in your direction and they will continue coming till Sassy is out of hospital. I'am thinking of you sweetie!! And thanks again for the Band

Lotus you are such a kind person. HUGS. Please stop being sad because of those mean thieves. They don't deserve that we are thinking about them day after day. Come, do a rain dance for me

Ana: I hope it wasn't your current home they broke in years ago? You were such a great help during that tiring time last week. Thank you with all my heart!!

Sorta: yes it's exactly the feeling you desribe. Can't you alter your bathroom a bit, just to be able to use it without thinking of those little buggers (ooops, was that a bleep word??) all the time?

Trippy: thank you for your kind words! I hope Skye will get well soon! :yes

Joe: Yes, I think you are right and that a lot of people had to endure such violation. It's a sad thing! So sorry you had so many things stolen. Big bear hugs!! I'am glad you could go headhunting with Baby. So sad that she can't live with you!

niteowl: I'am sorry to hear that you were robbed too. I hope your feelings healed. Hugs!

Midge: you are already in your new home? Wow, that was fast. I'am so happy for you! No more hag who is pestering you. WooHooooo

Gail and Darlene: thank you muches for your kind words. Have a happy day!!

Connie: I'am sure we will get over this sad experience. I only hope it was the first and last (!) time. Are you and Donald well? Hugs!

I will go down to my basement studio now to potter a bit. I wish you all a good and joyous day. Keep smiling

Evelyne

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"You ask me what life is. That's like asking me what a carrot is. A carrot is a carrot is a carrot" (A. Chekhov)

Good morning boomies! I am heading out the door to get my hair done. Not sure what that means yet, but I'll let you know when it gets done. Peter's friend owes me a favor and she is a hairdresser so she is going to play with my hair.

Haroula, have a great day!

Sue, thanks for keeping the coffee warm.

Gerry, have a happy day!

venus, hope work goes well.

Connie, any chance of something fun falling in your cart while you are out?

soot, safe whooshing.

Gail, have fun gaming!

Evelyne, it sure was my current house they broke into. There were 6 of them and they all got caught within 24 hours. If you did not have a lot a valuables there, they will go elsewhere. It's a good thing you keep things simple there so that do not wait for you to replace the stolen items and then come back. You need to remember and focus on how your Italy home brought you peace and solitude prior to the break-in. Think only happy thoughts.

Tis a bit chilly here, but not too cold cos I'm still wearing shorts. I hacked all night so I'm a wee bit weary today. Weary or not, I've gotta cook some books. I think I will roast them so we can get the heat from the oven.

Evelyn, hugs to you.

Nan, what is the Sassy news?

Trippy, any news?

Midgy, woohooo

to all and back later.

Edited by looney4labs (11/13/1211:20 AM)

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Yup, Gimli, I immediately flooded the toilet and everything in the bathroom with Lysol (over and over) AND changed the toilet seat completely. Couldn't even think of sitting on the old one. Made me feel a bit better.

Still cold here but a bit warmer today but was in the 40's overnight. Cold and so dry my skin is crackling.

All outdoorsies counted and fed, indoorsie fed and sleeping happily, waiting for friend to take our morning walk, AND my doctor finally got my second email about my pills and refilled them. Thank goodness. He apologized about the first one not getting to him. Hummmmmmm.

Bought new smoke alarms for my tenants. Seems a new law goes into effect soon that requires the Landlord to check and maintain them. I provide them, (and CO2 and fire extinguishers) but never had to check or change the batteries FOR the tenants. Geeeee. I've gotta find out more about the new law. I don't want to be bothering my tenants all the time. Totally intrusive.

Tried those egg beater or yolkless eggs in a carton things last night. Surprisingly they were very good. Cooked up one in the microwave with a litte butter, salt and pepper. Tasted just like a normal egg. Too bad they always have to be scrambled. Gonna be great for my high protein diet (yes I've gotta go back on that) since they are mega protein, no cholesterol.

Brrrr again. It was 26 when Bill got up this morning. We took Cory for his walk and it is up to 42 now. We are taking Moxie in to the vet this afternoon. I did some checking on the internet and think she may have thyroid problems. She has lost weight, drinks copious amounts of water, pee's copious amounts, is hungry all the time, her fur is all matted and yucky looking and has had some fainting spells that only last a few seconds. She is 16 years old.

Hey Midgie, for getting in to your new place.

Nan, has the vet given you a diagnosis for Sassy?

Well, I gotta go think about some lunch. Bill wants cole slaw so got to go shred the cabbage.

Hugs to everyone.

Bets

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Corgis fill your life with Joy, your heart with Love, and your soul with Sunshine.